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The Art of Plain Speaking

………              Covers keep it simple For almost thirty years, Penguin cover designs were typographic, … More

Anti-Memoirs by André Malraux, black book covers, Face to Face by Ved Mehta, Jonathan Cape Publisher and Father Figure, Knots by RD Laing, Penguin typographic book covers, The Complete Plain Words by Sir Ernest Gowers, typographic book covers, using plain text on a book cover, white book covers, Writers at Work Paris Review

Birdsall’s typographic covers

/// “Now here’s an anecdote,” Derek Birdsall begins his story. It’s about his designs for Penguin’s Graham Greene covers in … More

Derek Birdsall and Graham Greene, Jean-Paul Sartre's Words, minimalist book covers, typographic book covers

Jim Stoddart’s ‘Swiss’ Mini Moderns

The series of mini Modern Classics was published in 2011 as a celebration of 50 years of the Modern Classics … More

influence of the Swiss Typographic Style, Mini Modern series, minimalist book design, Penguin art director Jim Stoddart, The Mini Moderns and Penguin Modern Classics, typographic book covers

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